I had the opportunity to take a peek at the question queue, and it revealed some interesting trends. There were three questions that (in one wording or another) were asked more than any other. I thought I would share them with you because, just as Connors demonstrated with the polling questions during the course of the Soundview Live event, they provide insights about companies that you might not get if you asked someone verbally.

The top item on many audience members’ list of issues is what to do when one member of a team is resistant to a culture change effort. The terms “Mr. Negative” and “naysayer” were thrown out in more than one instance when referring to this person. It seems as though many companies experience the stumbling block of getting complete buy-in on the part of an entire team.

The second major issue that cropped up tells us a lot about the state of the modern workplace. Several people asked about creating culture change when the organization is spread across several continents or, in an ever-increasing number of cases, where teams do more of their collaborative work in a virtual realm.

The final question that was repeatedly asked seemed the most natural: what’s the first step to creating culture change?